Capt. JG wrote:
I believe that's in the regs... slow when within 500 yards.

AFAIK the regs are to not go within 500 yards at all;
nothing about going slow.


... Personally, I
don't want to get even that close. We go the other way.


One saving grace is that Navy ships are a *lot* more
maneuverable than similar sized commercial vessels. So you
don't have to be quite as paranoid about getting run down.

Years ago I was on the bridge of a Knox class frigate (long
since melted down for razor blades) entering Newport RI
harbor. It was very interesting to see how many small boats
& sailboats blundered along right in front of us, often
disappearing under the bow. Then again, at other ports we
occasionally had brushes with anti-nuke protestors who would
try to get us to run them down. So the exclusion zone is not
free of political tainting (surprise surprise).

DSK